Although it’s barely bigger than an iPod Shuffle, the Sansa Clip can pack an impressive 4GB of songs – that’s potentially four times as many songs as the Shuffle’s paltry 250 tunes – and it has a screen so you can pick what you want to listen to. If that isn’t enough to sway you, it has a built-in FM radio with 40 user-preset stations and a microphone for voice recording. While the Clip doesn’t play iTunes-friendly AACs, it does play MP3s, WMAs and, for the bookish, Audible files.

Sangean WFR-20 Wi-Fi Internet Radio & Media Player

$299; sangean.com

Tired of listening to hokey local radio stations? Time to get a Wi-Fi radio. This glossy black unit gives you access to more than 6,000 Internet stations and 21,242 on-demand streams. If that seems like a daunting number to scroll through, you can use your PC (and Mac, if you’re willing to fiddle a bit) to program your faves. It also taps into your media library – so you can stream songs in formats including MP3, AAC and WMA – and is a functioning alarm clock with an input socket for MP3 players.

The iShoes

$599.99; theishoes.com

If you think people rolling down the street in Segways look ridiculous, you haven’t seen the iShoes in action. Shaped like snowshoes, the lithium-ion battery-driven, 11.8-pound metal frames with nonmarking wheels strap onto your real shoes to propel you – standing with stiff legs slightly akimbo – forward at a top speed of 13.5 mph. You control the speed with a handheld throttle cable. It may look nerdy, but it’s somewhat less childish than a Razor scooter.

Logitech AudioHub

$99.99; logitech.com

Since most laptops come with crappy speakers, the AudioHub is a godsend for anyone who listens to music or watches movies on a computer. The one-piece speaker system (which also works with LCD monitors) has an integrated subwoofer and uses a single USB cable to connect itself – and other devices, since it’s also a USB hub – to your computer. Telescoping speakers means that size isn’t an issue. Neither is height, for that matter: A removable stand keeps your Web cam exactly where you want it.

Sony Reader Digital Book

$299.99; sonystyle.com

While everyone was all verklempt over Amazon’s Kindle, Sony was getting misty-eyed over its eBook reader, the PRS-505. Its internal memory stores about 160 eBooks – read on a 6-inch display with paper-like E Ink technology – and many more with either a Memory Stick Duo or SD card. There’s even a special package for the ladies: Get the Harlequin Bundle, and you’ll get 14 free Harlequin eBooks and a pretty pink protective skin for the normally dark blue reader.